Impermeable reservatory



G. C. KENNEDY. IMPERMEIABLE RESERVATORY. APPLICATION FILED Aue.22. 1919.

Patented Apr. 26, 1921.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 26, 1921.

Application filed August 22, 1819. Serial No. 319,188.

To all 4.0710722, it may concern:

Be it known that l, GEORGE CoLvIN KEN incur, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Waterloo, Blaclc hawl'; county, lows, have invented certain new and useful improvements in lmpermeable Beservatories, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in impermeable reservatories, and the object of my improvements is to supply, particularly for use as a coiiin or casket, a sectional i1n pertora'e or impervious container provided with impermeable sealing means, to receive a decomposable body or substance and prevent exudation of gases, liquids or odors, or the entrance of the like; and second, to arrange and furnish means whereby the air may be withdrawn from the container and replaced by some inert or other gas or material capable of indefinitely preserving the contents from decomposition or alteration.

I have accomplished the above objects by the means which are hereinafter described and claimed, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top plan of one of my improved impermeable reservatories, as assembled; and 2 is side elevation thereof, with parts broken away; Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the same, and Fig. 4 is a vertical cross section thereof; Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail cross section of the joint between the receptacle and its cover, and of the inclosure for said joint with the included impermeable sealing means, and Fig. 6 is an elevation of the inner face of said inclosure, with the sealing means removed.

In said drawings, similar numerals of ref erence denote corresponding parts throughout the several views.

My improved reservatory or container comprises a receptacle 2 provided with a cover 1, which may be both imperttorate and of an imper ious material preferably, but permissibly formed of pressed steel having processed surfaces to prevent corrosion. In order to permit of pressing these parts from single plates of steel, the receptacle and cover are formed with slightly inclined sides for tool clearance. Also the said parts may be shaped alike, "for economy in production, and compactness in shipping or storage, as they may be nested. The meeting parts of the receptacle and cover 2 and 1 may be offset either inwardly, or outwardly as and for other reasons.

shown, to stiffen the construction of each, The oliset margin 3 of each may be joined to the body portion by the web part a, which may be inclined.

l use the following described means for connecting and impermeably sealing the receptacle 2 and cover 1 together when assembled. i provide a sectional rigid inclosure for the outwardly-offset margins 3 and the inclined webs l consisting of inwardly longitudinally troughod sections ll whose troughs may be of a shape to Mt about said marginal parts, the sections being assembled end to end, and having at their abutting ends integral oppositely-directed orificed cars 15 to receive bolts 17 adjustably secured by nuts 16, and'as the sections 14 are all of one form preferably and angular to encompass the angles of the offset margins, the said securing tastenings draw the sections together with stresses exerted at right angles to be firmly adjustably compressed upon said margins the inclinations of the webs and troughs of the sections drawing the abutting edges oi the margins tightly and ccntformably together.

ll hen it is desired to impermeablv seal the joint between said parts, a plastic i1npezi'ineable scaling substance 19 is positioned within the alined troughs of the sections it and about the inclosed margins 3 and is compressed between said parts when the said fastening-means are secured. whereby the crevice between the parts land 2 is closed imperviously. The sealing means may be a strip or strips of some flexible or textile material coated or impregnated with a viscous or adhesive plastic substance of any desired kind which will effect the said sealing results. To more ellectively cover the joints between the sections let, the latter at their ends may be provided with shallow depressions 20 in their troughs, as shown in said Figs. 5 and 6, to receive fiushly fitting bent plates 18, which cross the joints and which bear against the sealing strip 19 at the joints. The sections 14 may be formed from cast iron, are interchangeable, and ford a strong and rigid reinforcement in encompassing the assembled container, pre venting deformation thereof. Handles 21 may be integrally formed on these sections.

The impertor'ate and impermeable container above cescribed will satisfactorily prevent passage of air or other gases through the joints of the parts thereof, and is therefore p 'ecticel to be housed in s, mausoleum or other building. A outlet-tube 5 may be provlclecl in the port 9, having an orificecl plug-valve rototebly monntecl Within to communicate at times with e couplingalipple 6,

and the valve has 2L squared. terminal heacl 7 inner vmlls to inclose silicl sloping margins spaced relation, compressible impermeable sealing strips mounted in the il'ltei'spnce of said clamping device and satin sloping margins,

and means for detachably fastening the sections of said clamping device together to compress said strips upon said sloping margms.

2. An impermeable hollow container, comprising hollow imperitorete parts having outwardly offset margins registering with each 1e? tel'minelly, it sectional detachable clamping device Whose secti-o: s are longiti dinall ounl Fl to lnclose seicl margins in 1 etion, compressible impermeable tiios mounted in the lnterspece of going (leice entl seicl mm' ins Q l 7 r cletacheoly iestenmg the sections .1. enmxn tlevlee together to compress s s ins upon saicl margins, said sections 11 mng thetrough wells recess-eel n1 line 2 ml additional pieces r1 mounted 111 said mg ends l the joints 1113 m. at

b ling strips. e. t iterloo, lows, thls 19th day o'l r ngnst, 1919.

RGE COLVIN KENNEDY. 

